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Almost at the same time, ex-premier Craxi fled to Tunisia, chased there by the Italian courts at the
height
of the mani pulite (clean hands) investigation into the vast network of corruption known as Tangentopoli (Bribesville).
The BMI is calculated by dividing a person’s body weight in kilograms by the square of his
height
in meters (kg/m2).
First named after the Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and statistician Adolphe Quetelet, who demonstrated in 1835 how adult weight normally increases in proportion to
height
squared, the index provides a measure of body weight, independent of stature, allowing us to compare the weight of short and tall people.
Because the index is calculated from two biological measures (weight and height), the resulting score has no biological meaning in itself.
Adjusting weight by
height
squared is also likely to yield a different outcome for different organs.
Although many body components do scale to
height
by a power close to two, others do not.
The brain, bone, and mineral mass scale to
height
by a power greater than two; while fat mass scales to
height
by a power of 1.8-2.6,
In short, body weight and body fat mass may not scale to
height
by the same power.
Nixon was far from mad, though his heavy drinking at the
height
of the Watergate scandal prompted Kissinger and Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger to establish a way to monitor his control of the nuclear codes.
At the
height
of the crisis, Ireland’s government cut public-sector salaries and pensions, raised the retirement age (to 68 by 2028), slashed welfare benefits, and increased the value-added tax.
But to claim that China alone relies on industrial policy as a means toward this end is the
height
of hypocrisy.
The protest left 24 dead and more than 200 injured – a higher toll than that taken by the so-called “Battle of the Camels,” when former President Hosni Mubarak’s security forces and armed thugs attacked pro-democracy protestors in Tahrir Square at the
height
of the revolution.
Merkel’s decision to open the country’s borders at the
height
of the refugee crisis surely cost her previous coalition votes in September’s election.
Thus, as banks return to profitability, politicians in North America and Europe have begun to talk again about new taxes that would skim those profits off to the benefit of taxpayers, whose support kept banks in business at the
height
of the crisis.
Vladimir Putin’s Russia has become a major revisionist power, seeking to change by force the terms of the Soviet Union’s breakup, and even decisions taken at the
height
of Soviet power (namely, the incorporation of Crimea into Ukraine).
Madi’s earnings help him keep his children in school, even at the
height
of the cotton harvest.
But given the need to reassure the Japanese public that Abe’s reforms are truly what he says they are – that is, modest changes that will allow Japan to deepen its alliance ties – Trump’s intervention is the
height
of irresponsibility.
Indeed, they should remember the words of Franklin Roosevelt in his inaugural address at the
height
of the Great Depression of 1933: “That the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Squandering the opportunity offered by Macron – which will not come again – would be the
height
of political folly and historical blindness.
Brazil has now passed another test: having a woman at the
height
of executive power.
For many members of the US security establishment, Putin’s apparent influence over Trump poses an existential threat to American democracy, much as the Soviet Union did at the
height
of the Cold War.
A low point – perhaps one should say the
height
of ridiculousness – was reached last year when rating agencies intensified their surveillance of government debt, and markets that had been victimized by the agencies’ incompetence and bad faith became fixated on their evaluations.
Zhou is said to have plotted to murder his first wife, and there are rumors that at the
height
of last year’s scandal involving disgraced former Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai, he attempted to assassinate Xi in the leadership compound at Zhongnanhai.
Soon after, at the
height
of the Cultural Revolution no less, Mao Zedong invited the US table tennis team to China, paving the way for US President Richard Nixon’s historic visit there in 1972.
Governments can help to persuade companies to let go of their cash by removing regulatory barriers such as zoning regulations in retail and a plethora of requirements in the construction sector concerning everything from the
height
of ceilings to the size of staircase areas.
Two Australian Football League teams have hinted that they are looking into tests that would indicate an athlete’s likely height, stamina, speed, and strength.
Family members might share many physical features, such as height, skin tone, or hair color.
(Over the same period, the average
height
of Americans increased by only one inch, or 2.5 centimeters.)
In late 2008 and 2009, at the
height
of the global financial crisis, stimulus-fueled infrastructure investment sustained output growth.
At the
height
of the Chinese government’s island-building, Obama argued that “we have more to fear from a weakened, threatened China than a successful, rising China.”
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